I can't imagine BB doing anything cheesy at this point seeing as how they seem to be locked in a death struggle with Apple for dominance in the market (lol). At least it seems to be a Pearl with a much bigger screen but I'd like to see it first-no substitute for playing with it.

Probably, it would make sense, RIM will open up the Bold for other carriers, gsm or cdma in the US after the exclusive deal goes post date. Not sure if it will be 90 or 120 days. TM if they do pick this up probably will be around sometime next spring. And for you guys who want it, I do hope they provide 1700 umts.

hello there. I work for t-mobile and the "cost" of this handset is $300. This would make it about $150 - $200 with contract. I am certain that there will be a $50 mail in rebate for new and upgrade. For the record, the pearl "cost" is $275. So think $25 more than a pearl

Unless you are talking about what the phone "costs" for t-mobile to buy from blackberry you are wrong. The 8100 sells full retail for $299.99 and the 8120 sell full retail for $349.99. This one should sell for about the same as the 8120 because it is the exact same phone. And it will have a mail in rebate just like the pearl(s) and curve.

T-Mobile's coverage is just fine. You can't expect a carrier to have coverage in place where there are only like 10 ppl over 1000 acres. I went through parts of rural GA and it was able to pick up a couple of bars.

As for the BB Flip, it's fine. RIM has been sorta reluctant to make more 3G phones.

For Blackberry users it's not about web surfing (iPhones' main target), 3G is nice but it just drains the battery too much and RIM knows that.

For what BB customer needs EDGE is good enough. Touchscreens, Gimmicks, Cool Factor, Web Surfing are all very nice things and I've owned phones with at least one of these features. In the end B.B has still been my choice phone.

I wouldn't trade in it's excellent call quality, great reception, and great service for any gimmick from HTC/Apple/Palm/Samsung/LG/Motorola.

True, but I would like to see how the blackberry touch does in sales. I wouldn't imagine all the blackberry users switch to it but i could also see all the people who buy blackberrys just to own one would.